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it's still in use. the stables out there. they are meant so the public would have the opportunity previously only available to the elite, as it so often the case, as is with golf. like lincoln park built by the wpa. think of the experiences that people have had and the history which is embodied in them. there is daves tennis stadium. here it is, this was a tournament for inner-city youth. archery at golden gate park. our play grounds. here it is in use today. this is bernal heights park. you can still see the gutters they put in there. this is buena vista parks. this is quezar park. this is mount davidson. look out for the rock. this is on telegraph park. this is stern grove. this is a little known park above candle stick. here's my friend jake, standing by a wall. this was rosy play ground. they turned it into a park and it was also restored by wpa. i believe they torn down the house, which was unforgivable and the zoo is wpa. and here's the murals inside the mother's building. the marina sea walls and great aquatic park. th
it's still in use. the stables out there. they are meant so the public would have the opportunity previously only available to the elite, as it so often the case, as is with golf. like lincoln park built by the wpa. think of the experiences that people have had and the history which is embodied in them. there is daves tennis stadium. here it is, this was a tournament for inner-city youth. archery at golden gate park. our play grounds. here it is in use today. this is bernal heights park. you...
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rwanda is a great example to use. is stability spreading through africa or do we have to face things like this? >> i think it's spreading in most parts, not in all. you still have pockets. in fact, places where there is -- countries close, the majority of africa is is seeing this progress in terms of stability and governing. there are many stories out there, but these are the stories also that we need to focus on and work together to try and address that. it all comes down to governing to leadership and making sure we understand what needs to be done and our responsible -- unfortunately, we don't find this everywhere. >> when do you think rwanda is going to be ready for full, conless democracy? >> it's a difficult question. one needs to look at history of the countries that have stability and full blown democracy. they have probably taken not decades, but hundreds of years to do that. it will be, i think, unfair to just think that you would be there, but you need to be on the move, on the journey to being there. that'
rwanda is a great example to use. is stability spreading through africa or do we have to face things like this? >> i think it's spreading in most parts, not in all. you still have pockets. in fact, places where there is -- countries close, the majority of africa is is seeing this progress in terms of stability and governing. there are many stories out there, but these are the stories also that we need to focus on and work together to try and address that. it all comes down to governing to...
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it is still used in our country, around europe. it is definitely -- >> the technology does have its problems. no wind, no power. it may seem obvious. it is always -- it is also heavily subsidized, which means everyone's bills will go up. this is just the start. this is the biggest so far, but it is tiny compared to what is coming. bbc news, of the kent coast. >> now for many it will sound more like a holiday in hell rather than an opportunity to get away from it all. tourism is being promoted in iraq. iraq fought desperately needs the income. " when a holiday there be like? gabriel doubt -- gabriel gatehouse has been finding out. >> this is iraq, but not the iraq we know from our television screens. not the iraq of shock and fall, the daily suicide bombings. in the north, it is separate from baghdad. it is mountainous rather than arid. there are people here if you want to turn this part of kurdistan into a haven for tourism. this is what they hope will deliver the punters. >> left side, left side. [unintelligible] >> mike crane is
it is still used in our country, around europe. it is definitely -- >> the technology does have its problems. no wind, no power. it may seem obvious. it is always -- it is also heavily subsidized, which means everyone's bills will go up. this is just the start. this is the biggest so far, but it is tiny compared to what is coming. bbc news, of the kent coast. >> now for many it will sound more like a holiday in hell rather than an opportunity to get away from it all. tourism is...
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tom costello joins us. tom, obviously everybody is worried now that we're getting more and more studies of the brain and figuring out this stuff, whether it's not just pee wee football but now soccer, lacrosse, lots of dangers out there. >> yeah. baseball, basketball, soccer, and here's another statistic that i think a lot of people are surprised at. on the soccer field, boys and girls are evenly split on concussions. and then once women actually play soccer in college, they have a higher rate of concussions. here are the statistics from the centers for disease control. they point out each year emergency rooms tweet 135,000 sports and recreation con suggestions in kids 18 and under. the unreported number is much higher indeed. here's the problem. a hard hit can cause significant damage to the brain, they think. in fact, what they think is that it can actually rupture. the fibers of the brain can rupture against the inside of the skull. it can be very serious. and doctors believe that can lead to headaches,
tom costello joins us. tom, obviously everybody is worried now that we're getting more and more studies of the brain and figuring out this stuff, whether it's not just pee wee football but now soccer, lacrosse, lots of dangers out there. >> yeah. baseball, basketball, soccer, and here's another statistic that i think a lot of people are surprised at. on the soccer field, boys and girls are evenly split on concussions. and then once women actually play soccer in college, they have a higher...
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crop specialists tell us that the yield swings are here to stay. the good news is the global harvest has been pretty good this year, despite the shortfall in russian wheat. in fact, it is about the third best year on record. united nations food organization does not see a crisis like it sought three years ago. but it does once you reduce turbulence in the global food commodity market. this man told me why the russian problem cast a low shot up. >> they have planted a lot less than they should have done. these are short-term factors, which will cause a spike in prices for 12 months or maybe longer. but we can confidently expect, i would say, prices will come down again when we get a pattern of high yield and less climate shocks in the future. >> so, the intergovernmental committee in rome may call for greater transparency in serial transactions. -- cereal transactions. others feel such moves are misguided. >> we saw the same thing happening in oil not long ago. it was the same exact thing. and union, speculators got burned. you can speculate, but yo
crop specialists tell us that the yield swings are here to stay. the good news is the global harvest has been pretty good this year, despite the shortfall in russian wheat. in fact, it is about the third best year on record. united nations food organization does not see a crisis like it sought three years ago. but it does once you reduce turbulence in the global food commodity market. this man told me why the russian problem cast a low shot up. >> they have planted a lot less than they...
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stay with us on "bbc world news." >> "bbc world news" is presented by kcet, los angeles. funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, union bank, and siemens. >> somewhere in america, there's a doctor who can peer into the future. there's a nurse who can access in an instant every patient's past. and because the whole hospital is working together, there's a family who can breathe easy right now. somewhere in america we've already answered some of the nation's toughest health-care questions. and the over 60,000 people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> i'm julia stiles. >> i'm kevin bacon. >> i'm kim cattrall. >> hi, i'm ken burns. >> i'm lili taylor. >> i'm henry louis gates, jr., and public broadcasting is my source for news about the world. >> for in
stay with us on "bbc world news." >> "bbc world news" is presented by kcet, los angeles. funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, union bank, and siemens. >> somewhere in america, there's a doctor who can peer into the future. there's a nurse who can access in an instant every patient's past. and because the...
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we use peanut oil as the great flavor. you want to get it cooked at this point. >> i like that nice sizzle as soon as you put it in there. >> you want to prefry it three-quarters of the way so it's just about cooked through. just a few minutes. it's really thin. >> the cool thing about your kitchen, they actually have water running all below this so any grease that comes down is immediately wicked away which saves your husband or yourself from doing the cleaning. >> exactly. we'll put that aside. we're going to prefry an egg. what's better than fried eggs? let that cook a little bit more. >> okay. >> the garlic and the chilies. we dump those right in. >> i'm nervous i'm going to lose a hand right here. >> go ahead. and the secret here is you don't want to burn them but you want to get some color. you almost want to smell the fragrance of it. we're going to add the onions in. turn the heat up a little bit. and basically just throw everything else in at this point. except for the basil. throw the mushrooms in there. we're go
we use peanut oil as the great flavor. you want to get it cooked at this point. >> i like that nice sizzle as soon as you put it in there. >> you want to prefry it three-quarters of the way so it's just about cooked through. just a few minutes. it's really thin. >> the cool thing about your kitchen, they actually have water running all below this so any grease that comes down is immediately wicked away which saves your husband or yourself from doing the cleaning. >>...
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testing facility, pistole gave us an exclusive look at the type of powerful explosive used in the unsuccessful attack. p.e.t.n., mixed with an another explosive t.a.t.p. to make the underwear bomb. >> when the passengers heard what they thought were fiber crackers, that was the t.a.t.p. initiating, and by the grace of god and good fortune it did not detonate. >> reporter: this is an insidious weapon. >> it is. >> reporter: to test screeners and stay ahead of terrorists, t.s.a. bomb experts like ed kittel create their tone improvised explosive devices, a thermos with explosives in the liner, and the slipper hiding a shoe bomb. >> in this case you push a switch and it's a suicide- activated device. >> reporter: before taking control of t.s.a., pistole spent 26 years at the f.b.i., running major terror investigations. to prevent the next attack, he's pushing intelligence to screeners on the front lines. >> what i want to make sure is that we are not using old information to try to prevent old things from happening, although we need to make sure that another 9/11 doesn't happen. >> reporter: pisto
testing facility, pistole gave us an exclusive look at the type of powerful explosive used in the unsuccessful attack. p.e.t.n., mixed with an another explosive t.a.t.p. to make the underwear bomb. >> when the passengers heard what they thought were fiber crackers, that was the t.a.t.p. initiating, and by the grace of god and good fortune it did not detonate. >> reporter: this is an insidious weapon. >> it is. >> reporter: to test screeners and stay ahead of terrorists,...
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she's with us from there live tonight. hey natalie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. this ia 24-7 rescue operation with drill teams working around the clock, trying to dig tunnels to the trapped miners and officials y they're on track and making good progress for an earlier than expected rescue. nearly half mile below ground, th33 miners are trying to get on with their subterranean existence, now in itseventh week. their lifeline till now has been a ree-inch shaft bringing them delivery tubes of food, water, medicine and vitamins. ey survive on 2,500 calorie diet high in protein. to maintain some normalcy, they mimic a routine of day and night with lamps. physically, though thinner, all are reportedly in good condition. they're in good health and have no illnesses related to being under ground, says the doctor who treats them. they have been able to shower with fresh water in the mine and are even exercising with a personal trainer via a video teleconference hookup. work also keeps them busy. they've
she's with us from there live tonight. hey natalie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. this ia 24-7 rescue operation with drill teams working around the clock, trying to dig tunnels to the trapped miners and officials y they're on track and making good progress for an earlier than expected rescue. nearly half mile below ground, th33 miners are trying to get on with their subterranean existence, now in itseventh week. their lifeline till now has been a ree-inch shaft...
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our white house correspondent savannah guthrie is here with us with more on this to start us off. >> reporter: as is customary in washington, when he sat down to testify, he went off script and into his comedy routine. and not everyone is laughing tonight. on capitol hill today, more evidence of why some americans think washington is a joke. the comedian stephen colbert, was billed as an expert witness on farm labor. and testified in character. >> congresswoman asked me to share my vast experience, spending one day as a migrant farm worker. i'm happy to use my celebrity to draw attention to this important complicated issue, and i certainly hope that my star power can bump this hearing all the way up to c-span 1. >> one congressman asked him to leave. >> you run your show, we run the committee. but what do you say to that, stephen? >> reporter: but the testimony went on for several uncomfortable minutes. though not every member gave him undivided attention. >> this is america. i don't want a tomato picked by a mexican. i want it picked by an american, then sliced by a guatemalan and s
our white house correspondent savannah guthrie is here with us with more on this to start us off. >> reporter: as is customary in washington, when he sat down to testify, he went off script and into his comedy routine. and not everyone is laughing tonight. on capitol hill today, more evidence of why some americans think washington is a joke. the comedian stephen colbert, was billed as an expert witness on farm labor. and testified in character. >> congresswoman asked me to share my...
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they could use my pocket change. i would say this is insulting. this is how zuckerberg views us peons as too stupid to see the big picture. it never occurred to him that we would be bright enough to see the parallel of the movie portraying him badly and the fact he is now giving them $100 million. if he was really a stand up guy, he would have waited sixes -- six months or a year. >> this is insulting. he thinks he is pulling one over. >>> from facebook to vucking face -- sucking face? the practice of jealous cubicle dwellers claiming off sexual relationships hurt department morale. oh my goodness. the equal opportunity -- too bad our cameras are not on this. >> speak slowly, greg. >> the cameras are not on you right now. >> speak slowly, greg. >> it grew by 23% in 2008. it is roughly twice the rate of all other harassment suits. 170 investigators across the country are addressing the problem. experts say it comes down to a crappy economy along with jerks being jerks. employees who fear for their jobs are making sexual favoritism complaint as a me
they could use my pocket change. i would say this is insulting. this is how zuckerberg views us peons as too stupid to see the big picture. it never occurred to him that we would be bright enough to see the parallel of the movie portraying him badly and the fact he is now giving them $100 million. if he was really a stand up guy, he would have waited sixes -- six months or a year. >> this is insulting. he thinks he is pulling one over. >>> from facebook to vucking face -- sucking...
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like those used in some appliances. and the fact that consumers were changing their buying habits on their own, shifting to more energy efficient halogens. and those squiggly compact fluorescents. so out with the old and in with the new. >> if we're not responding to what our customers want, you know, there's no business here. >> reporter: and gone are the $30 an hour jobs employees like the madigan brothers are finding impossible to replace. >> i'm taking a job paying half of what i was making. if i've got to have a job at least $20 to $22 an hour in order to pay our bills, you know, and to keep our home. >> reporter: this was a career for tens of thousands from the dawn of the 20th century, making the lightbulbs that changed the way we lived, lighting america's homes and businesses in the entire modern industrial age. now edison's invention is going the way of the vcr. one employee said can you think of any other technology which has lasted more than a century and remained viable? it was a great run and i was part of
like those used in some appliances. and the fact that consumers were changing their buying habits on their own, shifting to more energy efficient halogens. and those squiggly compact fluorescents. so out with the old and in with the new. >> if we're not responding to what our customers want, you know, there's no business here. >> reporter: and gone are the $30 an hour jobs employees like the madigan brothers are finding impossible to replace. >> i'm taking a job paying half of...
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they can use a lot. there's a lot of things they need, computers and all that so it's pretty good for the kids. >> now, the donation is set to be announced on an episode of oprah that will also bring together doory booker and new jersey governor chris christie: 100 million dollars. >> i love it. >> and he's 26. >> that's even more amazing. >> wow. okay. hey, the redskins are getting ready to hilt the field again this weekend so what can we expect from the burgundy and gold on sunday? dave ross is up next with his expert opinion and dave wrote that. >> does very his ladies with him? >> no. they are gone. >> okay. and this week's ask allison question has to do with that light right there. we are going to tell what you one viewer asked that turned into a pretty involved investigation. i must say frustrating out come. >> really? >> i'm frustrated we don't know more about this but back in a moment with that. what's all this? big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, really? how? by bundling. if you
they can use a lot. there's a lot of things they need, computers and all that so it's pretty good for the kids. >> now, the donation is set to be announced on an episode of oprah that will also bring together doory booker and new jersey governor chris christie: 100 million dollars. >> i love it. >> and he's 26. >> that's even more amazing. >> wow. okay. hey, the redskins are getting ready to hilt the field again this weekend so what can we expect from the burgundy...
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we used the 130,000 trash bags and single use gloves. the result is there is a lot of trash made on coastal clean up day. that goes against the mission of the event itself. we are asking people to bring out their own supplies so that we don't make more trash for the event itself. >> give us the website? >> it's www.coastforyou.org. thank you very much. >> meantime, it's 5:39 and congress is set to serve up a school lunch bill, but will it make the cut? how and if your kids can eat at school. we will have a live report. >> forget lunch. this morning we are going for desserts with a local pastry chef who is gettinga a taste of the national lime light. we will explain in a live report. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's luxury with fire in its veins. bold. daring. capable of moving your soul. ♪ and that's even before you drop your foot on the pedal. ♪ the new 2011 cts coupe from cadillac. the new standard of the world. >>> time is 5:42. a nice shot across the bay with the bay bridge in the distance. temperatures beginning to heat up. these are
we used the 130,000 trash bags and single use gloves. the result is there is a lot of trash made on coastal clean up day. that goes against the mission of the event itself. we are asking people to bring out their own supplies so that we don't make more trash for the event itself. >> give us the website? >> it's www.coastforyou.org. thank you very much. >> meantime, it's 5:39 and congress is set to serve up a school lunch bill, but will it make the cut? how and if your kids can...
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or alcohol use on the job. the employees in this situation don't represent the vast majority of workers at chrysler. chrysler said several of the workers in the video have been identified and suspended indefinitely without pay. >>> flooding shut down some of metro's customer call centers today and metro leased the space for the phone lines inside this building in hyattsville. the water pipe ruptured inside and the building will be closed until sunday and if you have questions about metro access or general metro information, you will have to use their website. >>> you can expect delays riding metro this weekend. the crews will be making repairs and upgrades on the orange, blue, yellow and green lines. add about 30 extra minutes to your trip and go to www.myfoxdc.com and click on web links for more details in the delays. >>> and a traffic alert overnight. interstate 66 at the dulles connector road will shut down at midnight for word on the metro rail, work, rather, on the metro rail project. the traffic will be d
or alcohol use on the job. the employees in this situation don't represent the vast majority of workers at chrysler. chrysler said several of the workers in the video have been identified and suspended indefinitely without pay. >>> flooding shut down some of metro's customer call centers today and metro leased the space for the phone lines inside this building in hyattsville. the water pipe ruptured inside and the building will be closed until sunday and if you have questions about...
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>> that is going to do it for us. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for watching. we appreciate your time. >>> tonight on "world news," on a tear. waving the koran, the president of iran hurls accusations about 9/11 and americans walk out. >>> on the record. republicans announce their plan to take back congress. >>> on the phone. as health care reform kicks in, we test your insurance company. will it really give you what the new law promises? >>> and, living on. a mother hears a heartbeat. it is one of the most moving stories we've ever seen. >>> good evening. holding a bible and his koran, accusing americans of trying to burn the truth, the president of iran made charges that were incendiary even for him today. the americans in the room at the united nations got up and walked out. president obama's earlier offer of resumed dialogue was rebuffed. so, what does this mean for the u.s. attempt to curb iran's nuclear ambitions? jake tapper was following all this drama today. good evening, jake. >> reporter: good evening, diane. well, ahmadinejad made comments promoting
>> that is going to do it for us. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for watching. we appreciate your time. >>> tonight on "world news," on a tear. waving the koran, the president of iran hurls accusations about 9/11 and americans walk out. >>> on the record. republicans announce their plan to take back congress. >>> on the phone. as health care reform kicks in, we test your insurance company. will it really give you what the new law promises?...
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it's time to give us a break... not the big corporations. >>> in afghanistan, widespread allegations of fraud. officials releasing numbers of five of the nation's 34 provinces. they say the process is slow because there have been so many complaints. afghanistan officials say they're separating suspicious ballots. the 1400 allegations have been made of fraud with 25 candidates running for 240 seats. officials say they expect more. >>> day 50 for the 33 chilien miners trapped under ground. today, rescuers say they can get them out by the first week in november. crews are working around the clock to widen the shaft. they have been stuck since august 5th. the new rescue date is nearly two months sooner than the initial christmas time frame. >>> low interest rates, a diving dollar could be the reasons for today's diving price of gold. that makes this though the perfect time to show you an atm that dispenses gold. it was debuted today in spain. customers can get one, five and ten gram bars. a computer inside the machine t
it's time to give us a break... not the big corporations. >>> in afghanistan, widespread allegations of fraud. officials releasing numbers of five of the nation's 34 provinces. they say the process is slow because there have been so many complaints. afghanistan officials say they're separating suspicious ballots. the 1400 allegations have been made of fraud with 25 candidates running for 240 seats. officials say they expect more. >>> day 50 for the 33 chilien miners trapped...
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richard lui has been following this for us and, richard, you have new information for us. >> i'll drop that map a little bit later in the show to give people a sex of the context. we have been working the story and looking that sources and we look at all the information coming. what we just have learned from one law enforcement source, i want to stress that, there are claims that this individual has a bomb. this individual is claiming to have a bomb and, two, that this individual wants money and that the bomb squad is there, as well. let me just show you if i have a couple more seconds here what that context is. it started around 8:00 a.m. around this location. this is 9880 southwest 88 street and this is in kendall. now, what happened is he drove, supposedly after apprehending somebody two miles north, two miles and then what we have is the bank of america right here. across the street, we have the university of miami. and my writings not so good. you get a sense, very close, compact area here. starting at this moment, 8:00 a.m. driving two miles north and atm sitting at this location
richard lui has been following this for us and, richard, you have new information for us. >> i'll drop that map a little bit later in the show to give people a sex of the context. we have been working the story and looking that sources and we look at all the information coming. what we just have learned from one law enforcement source, i want to stress that, there are claims that this individual has a bomb. this individual is claiming to have a bomb and, two, that this individual wants...
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that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. hey what's going on? doing t shipping. man, it would be a lot easier if we didn't have to weigh 'em all. if thosboxes are under 70 lbs. you don't have to weigh em. with these priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits, it ships anywhere in te country for a low flat rate. no weigh? nope. no way. yeah. no weigh? sure. no way! uh-uh. no way. yes way, no weigh. priority mail flat rate box shipping starts at $4.95, only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. i love my grandma. i love you grandma. grandma just makes me happy. ♪ to know, know, know you grandma is the bestest. theotal package. grandpa's cooooooooool. way cool. ♪ grandpa spoils me rotten. ♪ to know, know, know you ♪ is to love... some people call us frick and frack we do finger painting. this is how grandpa and i roll. ♪ and i do pins fall ] grandma's my best friend. my best friend ever. my best friend ever
that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. hey what's going on? doing t shipping. man, it would be a lot easier if we didn't have to weigh 'em all. if thosboxes are under 70 lbs. you don't have to weigh em. with these priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits, it ships anywhere in te country for a low flat rate. no weigh? nope. no way. yeah. no weigh? sure. no way! uh-uh. no way. yes way, no weigh. priority...
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thanks for joining us. you must be thrilled with oprah's million dollar donation. >> absolutely, norah. completely. >> what will you use that money for? >> one, to allow us to open a fifth school so we are excited to serve more kids. two, it also allow us to attract and retain how quality teachers. >> craig, i want to give everybody a little bit of information about the learn charter schools network. you have four schools on chicago's south and west sides. you offer preschool to eighth grade and your goal is to have 16 high performing elementary schools by tint between the more than 80% of them meet or exceed state standards and a lot of them are on their way to college and they graduate. how do you do it some. >> a couple of things. one, we do not believe low income means low performance. we believe the opposite. we believe an excessive college education. four pieces of formula. one, longer school days, we have more school days, we start august 2nd. we have fewer kids in the classroom only 25 kids and two
thanks for joining us. you must be thrilled with oprah's million dollar donation. >> absolutely, norah. completely. >> what will you use that money for? >> one, to allow us to open a fifth school so we are excited to serve more kids. two, it also allow us to attract and retain how quality teachers. >> craig, i want to give everybody a little bit of information about the learn charter schools network. you have four schools on chicago's south and west sides. you offer...
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mark preston joins us now live from washington. mark, what do you have for us? >> before we get to real serious news, i have a friend here in town for the steven colbert testimony. it's pete dominic. he used to work for steve colbert. he went up to hear mr. colbert testify. he can't hear you, don, tell me what the testimony looked like today. >> three words. impactful and important and some might say inappropriate. i say, i love him. >> he needed to learn how to count. >> needs to go back to math class. >> dana bash was there as well. he's getting applause. let's get to the real news as they say. bad news for democrats. the new poll is out. the generic ballot shows republicans have a nine-point lead over democrats. we have 39 days until the midterm elections. last hour, we told you president obama's approval rating is at 42%. two good numbers for republicans, two bad numbers for democrats. michael steele is motoring across the country. 48 states. doing a little campaigning. he'll be back in annapolis on october 29th. some think it's a good idea. others think it'
mark preston joins us now live from washington. mark, what do you have for us? >> before we get to real serious news, i have a friend here in town for the steven colbert testimony. it's pete dominic. he used to work for steve colbert. he went up to hear mr. colbert testify. he can't hear you, don, tell me what the testimony looked like today. >> three words. impactful and important and some might say inappropriate. i say, i love him. >> he needed to learn how to count....
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thanks for being back with us. so what's this delay all about? >> well, the senate clearly doesn't want to get embroiled in this issue before the election. it's just too unpredictable and the story line for democrats is clean, as things stand now. they're making the case that republicans would block tax relief for the middle class to hold out for tax break force the wealthy. republicans, of course shall want to extend those tax cuts for everyone. and so it's easier in the view of democrats to push this until a lame duck session. the political situation will obviously be less intense then. but as you said, the house speaker today left open the possibility of forcing a vote. and that could get really interesting next week. >> woodruff: now why the different calculus in the senate and in the house. >> the calculus probably isn't different. the conventional wisdom still is that in the end the house will decide to go home and campaign without taking this vote. but there's no reason for speaker pelosi to relent right now when she thinks she's got repub
thanks for being back with us. so what's this delay all about? >> well, the senate clearly doesn't want to get embroiled in this issue before the election. it's just too unpredictable and the story line for democrats is clean, as things stand now. they're making the case that republicans would block tax relief for the middle class to hold out for tax break force the wealthy. republicans, of course shall want to extend those tax cuts for everyone. and so it's easier in the view of...
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stay with us, everybody. new wisk, with our breakthrough stain spectrum technology targets all the major stain groups like particulates and oils. its enzymes and cleaning agents fight a full range of stains. ♪ you'll never look at stains, the same way again. for a more powerful clean, try new wisk. fight stains with science. with the best decongestant. my choice is clear. claritin-d. nothing works stronger, faster or longer for allergy congestion relief without drowsiness. get claritin-d at...
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jenna: take us back to that day. there's so many questions around the day that you were taken into captivity. just tell us that story. >> well, we had only been in northern iraq for three days, and we only had another day before i had to return back to damascus to continue my teaching job, northern iraq, different from most peoples' expectations and understanding of the region. it's a semiautonomous part of iraq, and there's not a war zone, has not had active conflict. jenna: so you felt safe going there. >> we d we knew other people who traveled there, we looked online and researched hotels and hiking. there's a lot of websites that advertise their booming tourist industry, so yeah, we never would have gone if we didn't feel safe, and we woke up that morning and we said oh, it's a beautiful day, it would be so nice to do a little hiking, see a little nature, and we asked the hotel manager where would be a good place to go and he recommended this spot, aq -- aqmidowa, where there's a waterfall, and no reason to be co
jenna: take us back to that day. there's so many questions around the day that you were taken into captivity. just tell us that story. >> well, we had only been in northern iraq for three days, and we only had another day before i had to return back to damascus to continue my teaching job, northern iraq, different from most peoples' expectations and understanding of the region. it's a semiautonomous part of iraq, and there's not a war zone, has not had active conflict. jenna: so you felt...
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>> i used to work for jerry. >> he used to help me write the standup on signfeld. he's the guy that's written all the letters, he created the character. there's a lot of people on the internet that are claiming ownership. >> the people you write to actually take time to respond. read a letter for us. >> this is a letter written to the bar harbor hotel in bar harbor, maine. dear bar harbor hotel. i'm wondering if you found a gorilla foot that i left in your bathroom. i was distracted when i needed to use the tissue dispenser from another stall. i believe i left my gorilla feet in your hotel. >> and they responded? >> dear mr. nancy, i'm sorry to tell you, we did not have any rubber gorilla feet turned in, hope you found them. >> you should have remained anonymous. you should have. >> i had written to a shoe company, i was trying to get shoes that looked like bananas. so i wrote, i am in a process of hoping bananys. >> so this is for nannies. >> you will know a nanny is in the room when she is dressed from head to toe in bright yellow, and you'll go oh, it looks like
>> i used to work for jerry. >> he used to help me write the standup on signfeld. he's the guy that's written all the letters, he created the character. there's a lot of people on the internet that are claiming ownership. >> the people you write to actually take time to respond. read a letter for us. >> this is a letter written to the bar harbor hotel in bar harbor, maine. dear bar harbor hotel. i'm wondering if you found a gorilla foot that i left in your bathroom. i...
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. >> good to have you with us. you say, when you see this video, we'll show it again, it is more than just the mother. you see something much larger than just the mother's actions or inaction. >> i think this really forces us to look in the mirror, all of us. if this was an isolated incident, that's one thing. but i think we all have to face the fact when it's rambo or straw dogs, we have a part of us in our culture that cheers on when somebody quote/unquote, stands up for themselves and throws a punch. it's wherever. it's not just these two girls and this mother. >> when you talk about rambo and that, that's fiction. this is the real deal. and some may think you're letting the mother off the hook a little too much there. she said she was going there because if she truly had her daughter's well-being in mind, because of a previous head injury, she wouldn't let her fight at all. >> that's absolutely true. i'm not excusing anybody. this is uncivilized behavior. it makes no sense to say i'm protecting my daughter's he
. >> good to have you with us. you say, when you see this video, we'll show it again, it is more than just the mother. you see something much larger than just the mother's actions or inaction. >> i think this really forces us to look in the mirror, all of us. if this was an isolated incident, that's one thing. but i think we all have to face the fact when it's rambo or straw dogs, we have a part of us in our culture that cheers on when somebody quote/unquote, stands up for...
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us to another level. and haiti wasn't a place we were in before. we've also been able not to respond to just haiti, we're able to add on all these different territories because of the program. the whole concept is to empower the local people to have them be the ones running their own factory like this, have them be the ones to get the credit for it. the water that her and her family are drinking, all of it needs to go through here. >> it's hard enough for healthy children here in haiti to survive drinking unclean water, much less kids trying to recover from an earthquake. the water crisis is so huge. and it's so big, and there's so many people in this world without water. there's so many people in haiti that we have left to reach that sometimes it can be overwhelming a little bit. and it's easy to get discouraged thinking, gosh, we're not doing enough. but then when you go and you give one filter, to one mother, who has one child that's been sick for two weeks that possibly won't make it unless they start
us to another level. and haiti wasn't a place we were in before. we've also been able not to respond to just haiti, we're able to add on all these different territories because of the program. the whole concept is to empower the local people to have them be the ones running their own factory like this, have them be the ones to get the credit for it. the water that her and her family are drinking, all of it needs to go through here. >> it's hard enough for healthy children here in haiti to...
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thanks for joining us. we got three complete hours of newscasting that starts now. >> yeah, during rehearsal, it went well. hopefully it will go just as well during the live show. >> all right. breaking news overnight because this is happening in virginia. a woman has been executed for the first time in almost 100 years. theresa lewis was convicted in 2003 of plotting the murder of her husband and stepson. she apparently wanted their insurance money. she died by lethal injection. lewis' final words were for her stepdaughter. >> miss lewis did make a last statement. she said i just want kathy to know i love her. and i'm very sorry. >> protesters were outside the prison arguing that lewis was treated unfairly, apparently he was very close to the i.q. line where you're not supposed to get executed. police trying to figure out who killed a nicaraguan diplomat in his apartment in the bronx here in new york. he was found on the floor. his throat had been slashed. this just hours before he was scheduled to attend
thanks for joining us. we got three complete hours of newscasting that starts now. >> yeah, during rehearsal, it went well. hopefully it will go just as well during the live show. >> all right. breaking news overnight because this is happening in virginia. a woman has been executed for the first time in almost 100 years. theresa lewis was convicted in 2003 of plotting the murder of her husband and stepson. she apparently wanted their insurance money. she died by lethal injection....
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sanjay gupta joins us now to update us. yesterday, you showed us that they were subjecting her to literally every test known to medical science to try to figure out what's going on. when's the story today? >> lots of clinical exams and looking at things that are not obvious. i think is a good way to describe it. we're following this over a year now and kylie and the place, udp and as a doctor and reporter, it is fascinating. as a father, it is tough. she's gone -- been getting sick and getting sicker and then she's gone through the grueling tests. it's a tough thing to watch but they do start to uncover a lot of clues and the big question, can they start to solve the puzzle? here's what we found. >> okay. >> reporter: shortly before her 4th birthday, the mystery began. >> i have to eat. i have to do shots. >> reporter: how serious is kylie? >> well, she's i would say real serious. i think that she has a disorder that will threaten her life is essentially the issue here. sort of racing against time. >> reporter: kylie has al
sanjay gupta joins us now to update us. yesterday, you showed us that they were subjecting her to literally every test known to medical science to try to figure out what's going on. when's the story today? >> lots of clinical exams and looking at things that are not obvious. i think is a good way to describe it. we're following this over a year now and kylie and the place, udp and as a doctor and reporter, it is fascinating. as a father, it is tough. she's gone -- been getting sick and...
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so on a daily basis, he motivad us, challenged us, nurtured us and that was the turning point of my life. >> and then another turning point, another miracle. a man named ben stevenson from houston, hwas the artistic director, he comes to china and he decides to take you back on a scholarship to learn. and you fell in love, not just with america. >> that's the best part, i fell in love with american culture, american people, and also i fell in love with this beautiful girl who it was my first love and it was amazing toave the freedom to love somebody, to follow your heart strings. >> and you reazed when they wanted to send you back to china, thatou couldn't go and so you -- it gets very dramatic in the movie, what happened to your life, how difficu it was for you to stay in america, not being able to see your parents, to see your life all of this from the age of 11, this critical time in your life. on screen as we're now watching. how has that been for you? >> it was a struggle. there's no doubt about at. it was a hard struggle, but it's filled with passion and following my dreams and try
so on a daily basis, he motivad us, challenged us, nurtured us and that was the turning point of my life. >> and then another turning point, another miracle. a man named ben stevenson from houston, hwas the artistic director, he comes to china and he decides to take you back on a scholarship to learn. and you fell in love, not just with america. >> that's the best part, i fell in love with american culture, american people, and also i fell in love with this beautiful girl who it was...